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We are a world-class cultural hub in the North West and regularly host some of the best touring artists and productions in the UK

Highlights

MINT Chinese Film Festival

MINT Chinese Film Festival

Fri 6 - Sun 8 Mar 2026

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To purchase a Festival pass click HERE MINT Chinese Film Festival (MINT CFF) “薄荷紫华语电影节” is an award-winning film festival and leading curatorial organisation founded by Chinese...

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Languages

Languages

New Season of Language Classes

French To book, please get in touch with Florence at florencetourne@yahoo.co.uk Beginners Tuesdays 6.30-8.30pm | 13 Jan - 24 Mar | No class 17 Feb...

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Exhibition

Once Upon a Time…

5 Dec - 26 Jan

Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Youth Arts Exhibition ‘Once Upon a Time…’ is a celebration and showcase of the artwork...

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Print Room Members Access

Print Room Members Sessions

11am-3pm | 18+ yrs Brewery Arts Print Room Membership allows experienced printmakers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative Print Room environment....

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Cinema

Avatar: Fire and Ash

(12A) 197MINS

With “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam...

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Cinema

Hamnet

(12A) 126MINS

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet....

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Cinema

Song Sung Blue

(12A) 133MINS

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late...

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Cinema

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

(18) 111MINS

Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later -- but turning that world on its head -- Nia...

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Cinema Rewind

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases

  • Thursday 22nd January 16:45

(PG) 86MINS

This programme features a selection of three episodes: ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; ‘The Golden Pince-Nez’, which features Holmes’ deductive...

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Dark Room Members Access

Darkroom Access

6.30-9.30pm | 18+ yrs A Brewery Arts Darkroom Membership allows experienced and professional photographers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative Darkroom...

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Stage on Screen

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

(12A) 180MINS

Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous...

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Cinema

H is For Hawk

(12A) 116MINS

H is for Hawk follows Helen (Claire Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Brendan Gleeson), loses herself in the memories of their...

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Cinema

Marty Supreme

(15) 149MINS

A hustler-turned-champion ping pong player Marty Reisman’s journey from playing for bets in Manhattan to winning 22 major titles and becoming the oldest to win...

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Comedy

Comedy Club

Brewery Arts Members 2 for 1* | Malt Room Cabaret Seating | Age guidance 18+ Comedy Club is our ever-popular and ever-hilarious night featuring some...

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Cinema

Giant

(15) 111MINS

Giant is the true story of Prince Naseem "Naz" Hamed's humble beginnings on the tough working class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Brendan...

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Cinema

Zootropolis 2

(PG) 100MINS

In Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2," detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the...

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Stage on Screen

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

(15) 87MINS

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively...

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Cinema

The Housemaid

(15) 132MINS

The Housemaid is a wildly entertaining thriller starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, based on the best-selling book. From director Paul Feig, the film plunges...

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Dance

Mature Movers

Tue 13 Jan-24 Mar (10 wks) | 11.30am-12.30pm  | 18+ yrs Mature Movers is an open dance class for all abilities, aimed at over 60s....

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Visual Arts

Art Explorers

Tue 13 Jan-24 Mar (10 wks) | 1-2.30pm  | 7+ yrs Art Explorers is a creative and sociable mixed media arts class for young people...

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Drama

Act Your Age

Tue 13 Jan-24 Mar (10 wks) | 1-3pm  | 18+ yrs Act Your Age are currently working towards a performance of The Outrun by Stef...

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Cinema Rewind

Oldboy

  • Tuesday 27th January 19:00

(18) 121MINS

See Park Chan-Wook's latest film - No Other Choice - at Brewery Arts Cinema from Fri 6 Feb. Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from...

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Dance

Get Moving

Wed 14 Jan- 25 Mar (10 wks) | 6.45-7.45pm  | 18+ yrs An open adult dance class for all abilities. The class will explore moving...

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Cinema

The Fastest Bicycle +Director Q&A

  • Wednesday 28th January 19:00

(15) 129MINS

The story of a London team’s mission to 'go fast' and their journey to the 'World Human Powered Speed Challenge' on Route 305, Battle Mountain,...

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Exhibition

Held

6 Feb - 2 May

Sugar Store Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Lela Harris This spring,  Brewery Arts presents Held, a solo exhibition by award-winning Kendal-based artist Lela Harris....

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Exhibition

Light – Shape – Distance

6 Feb - 2 May

Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Stuart Irving (b. North Shields, Newcastle) is a visual artist living and working in Carlisle. Born into a...

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Cinema

The Voice Of Hind Rajab

Coming Soon

(15) 89MINS

Volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society stay on the phone with a 6-year-old girl who gets trapped in a car in war-torn Gaza. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udC9c6Cfis

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Cinema

No Other Choice

Coming Soon

(15) 139MINS

When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate in his...

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Cinema

Goat

Coming Soon

(PG) 100MINS

From Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, comes GOAT, an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world. The story follows Will,...

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Cinema

It Was Just An Accident

Tuesday 10th February 2026

(12A) 104MINS

When an auto mechanic encounters the man who may have been his torturer in prison, he kidnaps him to exact vengeance. But since the sole...

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Cinema

Pillion

Saturday 10th January 2026 – Tuesday 10th February 2026

(18) 107MINS

Wallflower Colin (Harry Melling) leads a humdrum existence until he meets the impossibly handsome Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a mysterious biker he is soon desperately devoted...

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Pottery

Discover Pottery Throwing

Saturday 14th February 2026

11.15am, 1.30pm or 3.30pm | Sessions are 90mins  | 16+ yrs Discover Pottery Throwing is a fun intensive throwing workshop that will concentrate on improving...

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Cinema

Grow

Coming Soon

(PG) 107MINS

Grow is a tale of pumpkins, sabotage, and unlikely family bonds. A no-nonsense farmer living in the self-proclaimed 'Pumpkin Capital of the World', takes in...

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Cinema Rewind

Blue Velvet – 40th Anniversary

Coming Soon

(18) 121MINS

College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont...

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Cinema

Is this Thing On?

Coming Soon

(15) 121MINS

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while...

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Cinema

Nouvelle Vague

Coming Soon

(12A) 106MINS

Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, penning a nostalgic love letter to the rebellious spirit of the French New Wave....

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Stone Carving

Stone Carving with Danny Clahane

Friday 27th February 2026

27 Feb-27 Mar (5wks) | 2-4pm | 18+ yrs An introduction to Stone carving in three dimensions, from an initial drawing, maquette or simply an...

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Cinema

The History Of Sound

Coming Soon

(15) 128MINS

The History of Sound follows two young men - Lionel (Paul Mescal) and David (Josh O'Connor) - in the shadows of WWI who are determined...

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Festivals

Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival

Saturday 28th February 2026

Standard Theatre Seated The Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival is brought to you by The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast (TAMP) and the Reel Riders podcast....

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Printmaking

Lino Cut Botanicals

Saturday 7th March 2026

12-5pm  | 18+ yrs Create unique fruit and flower inspired mini lino prints in an afternoon. What will the class cover and how will it...

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Slate Carving

Slate Carving with Danny Clahane

Saturday 14th March 2026

11.30-5pm | 18+ yrs An introduction to Slate relief carving. Looking at tool use and aspects of working stone to create an image. What will...

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Mosaic

Mosaic Art

Saturday 21st March 2026

11.30am-5pm | 18+ Join Helen Clues, Mosaic artist, to create beautiful mosaic pieces using fabulous materials in this workshop. There will be a choice of...

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